Overview
- The National Intelligence Service, which briefed lawmakers Thursday, said the text defines territory next to China, Russia and the Republic of Korea and leaves disputed sea borders like the Northern Limit Line unspecified.
- The revision removes all references to reunification and ethnic unity, marking a break from wording that had guided policy since 1948.
- The charter names Kim Jong-un head of state and gives him sole control of nuclear forces with the option to delegate launch authority.
- The constitution and intelligence briefings describe rules that permit nuclear strikes if command links are endangered or if the leader is disabled.
- Seoul said it will review the changes and continue a coexistence policy, as analysts see the rewrite cementing a two-state doctrine that raises new crisis-management and deterrence questions.